Sk Ismile v. Union Of India And ORS.

06-05-2026 Item No.3 Subrata Bhattacharyya IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side AR(C) WPA No.29702 of 2025 Sk. Ismile -vsThe Union of India & Ors.

Mr. Pankaj Halder Sk. Raju Ahmed Mr. Sanatan Panja ...for the petitioner Ms. Debjani Ghosal ...for the respondents

1. The petitioner participated for recruitment in the CAPF examination, 2025. He was declared medically unfit by the Detailed Medical Examination Board on four grounds:-

2. Scoliosis; (ii) Hypertension; (iii) Hypertrophic Scar Over (R) Cubital fossa; and (iv) Tremors (L) hand.

3. The report of the Detailed Medical Examination dated November 15, 2025 contained a note that a dissatisfied candidate may apply before the Review Medical Examination Board by signing on the consent form attached therewith. The Review Medical Examination was due to be conducted on November 17, 2025.

4. The petitioner gave his consent for undergoing the review medical examination. The date of the review medical examination was thereafter postponed and scheduled on November 22, 2025. The petitioner claims that he appeared for the review medical examination and he was intimated that due to high blood pressure he has been

disqualified.

5. The petitioner thereafter got himself medically checked before the State Government hospital and obtained fit certificate. He thereafter made further application for conducting medical examination. The same not being considered, the instant writ petition has been filed.

6. Prayer has been made to direct the authority to consider his application permitting review medical examination once again.

7. Upon hearing the respective submissions advanced by the parties and on perusal of the documents annexed to the writ petition, this Court is of the opinion that the prayer of the petitioner cannot be allowed as a specific date and time was mentioned by the authority for appearing in the review medical examination. The petitioner was reexamined by the Review Medical Board and found unfit for the job.

8. As per the Recruitment Rules, the decision of the Review Medical Board is final and no appeal can be entertained.

9. As it appears that the expert doctors of the recruiting authority detected the aforementioned defect in the petitioner which is a ground for disqualification of candidature, accordingly, the Court is not inclined to interfere with the said finding.

10.

As the petitioner participated for recruitment in the Central Armed Police Force, the medical certificate relied upon by the petitioner obtained from the State Government Hospital in support of the submission that he does not suffer from any such defect, cannot be accepted.

11.

The standard of fitness of a civilian is not

the same as required in the armed forces where strict and stringent methods to assess physical fitness are resorted to.

12.

In view of the above, no relief can be given to the petitioner.

13.

The writ petition fails and is dismissed.

14.

All parties are to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

15.

Certified copy of this order, if applied for, shall be made available to the parties.

[Amrita Sinha, J]